a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 10hI have no idea how viable this is in practice but American policing is pretty rotten as an institution and this seems like a way to give shirking cops the runaround on their resistance to institutional reform 060
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 10habolish the police (create an alternative public safety organization with better hiring, training, and accountability practices and gradually migrate policing functions over to them, starting with things like welfare checks and expanding until your original police department is vestigial) 2100
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 18hwe should all just agree that some people’s preferences are Objectively Wrong 1622
Reposted by a birbEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ICE has disclosed another detainee who died We know: -After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.* He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.* austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...austinkocher.substack.comJulian Curo-Churata Is the 37th Person to Die in ICE Custody This Fiscal Year, Capping Off the Agency’s Deadliest Year on RecordAccording to ICE, 47-year-old Peruvian national Julian Curo-Churata died in Louisiana on Tuesday, September 29. 7729383
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026like this conversation seems to be happening at a level of abstraction that I find hard to get my head around, because it feels like we need to establish quite a bit about how brains and AI actually work and how the former might be producing consciousness in the first place 000
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026otoh are AIs and brains actually structurally analogous enough to license an inference from the consciousness of animals to the consciousness of AI? genuinely asking here, hell if I know how AI works and my knowledge of brains is only somewhat better 220
Reposted by a birbDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 02/10/2026Will is 100% right. Has happened to multiple clients of mine. One judge (not my case) has said that this isn't really release and ordered the person *actually* released. But it's forcing us habeas attorneys to win our cases twice (or more) 22872294
Reposted by a birbHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026the response should be immediate contempt proceedings all the way up the chain of command to the ICE/ERO directors including escalating fines and orders to personally appear in court. if that doesn't do the trick, criminal contempt, throw them in jail. play stupid games, win stupid prizes 443774
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026yeah plus some of the local elections in the TC metro had Ds putting up 90pt margin of victories. can’t say I have any idea what’s going on in the rural areas, but polls here undersold Flanagan’s margin over Craig so hopefully we get a repeat of a left wing overperformance in november 1100
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026they’re filming this in Montana because they know they’d be chased out of Minneapolis lmao 010
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026it’s plainly evident that our choice of execution method prioritizes the aesthetics of the dead body more than anything else 090
Reposted by a birbAdam Brooks @adamrbroooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026SCOTUS looked at the harm of people being dumped in foreign lands, and the harm of the government not being able to disappear people… and sided with the government. 8359105
Reposted by a birbQuinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026literally the only irreparable harm here is to the people who are fucking getting sent to countries they have no connection to 29425
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think part of my intuition here is that you do need a critical mass of people shouting about potential abuses to get a process that minimizes the potential for abuse 071
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it’s still worth rigorously going through and reducing points of potential abuse though, or else you get the nth case of a cop using flock cameras to stalk an ex. (And that probably includes taking a close look at the process for selecting the people granted power.) 1121
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026personally, I will only take the US’s commitment to a “rules based international order” seriously once this happens 010
Reposted by a birbLorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. 333397818
Reposted by a birbGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026Talking recently to family members of people snatched up and expelled to third countries by ICE, I learned: 1) All of those captured were in 287(g) jurisdictions; 2) None of the family members had known what 287(g) was and had erroneously thought people with no arrests were safe. 5564330
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026like, the notion that free daycare couldn’t benefit single-earner households seems, idk, not particularly sensitive to the fact that being a stay-at-home parent is in fact work, and some stay-at-home parents may benefit from some relief from that work 130
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026ngl if I was a stay-at-home parent (not out of the question for me bc my chronic illnesses + neurodivergence combination make full time work not great for me) I’d welcome the opportunity to delegate some child care labor so I’d have more time to recharge and catch up on other chores 130
Reposted by a birbVerite News @veritenews.org · 28/09/2026He fled genocide in Myanmar. ICE detained him in Louisiana. Min Khant Zaw, a Rohingya and Kaman activist and asylum seeker, had his life upended after spending seven weeks inside an ICE detention facility in Louisiana.veritenews.orgHe fled genocide in Myanmar. ICE detained him in Louisiana.Min Khant Zaw, a Rohingya and Kaman activist and asylum seeker, had his life upended after spending seven weeks inside an ICE detention facility in Louisiana. 116689
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026yeah, that’s why I’m rooting for gas prices to go higher, even though it’ll suck for poorer people (and everyone else). It’s the only way vast swathes of those people will get the message 160
Reposted by a birbDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW 2722971004
Reposted by a birbJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_... 4827911164
Reposted by a birbAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The lawyer for the Venezuelan man shot by ICE yesterday says he was discharged from the hospital and transferred to ICE detention while the bullet was still inside of him, and that in Pearsall he's not received any pain meds and was forced to sleep on the floor. 13638331785
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026to be fair (not that I have any particular desire to be fair to Rowling), not sure the kind of exposure it had would really have helped matters 022
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026tbh feels like media wagon-circling rather than an attempt at resistance that will generalize to any other situation where media aren’t the ones being hurt 000
Reposted by a birbEuan @euan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026not mentioned in this screenshot but appearing later in the article is that the US is sharing details of the deportees with the Iranian government, despite many of them having fled after resisting the regime that the US is ostensibly fighting a war to remove 4300114
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I do find it the easiest website to be an active commentator on without it affecting mental health, though I had to turn off recommendations in order to bring the misogyny encounters down to a tolerable frequency 020
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026reddit is kinda weird, there’s a particularly strong and odious current of misogyny that’s hard to avoid but apparently it’s also the most left leaning of the major social media websites (I’m not sure bluesky counts as major) 170
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026honestly Mao was significantly better at foreign policy. Though a lot of that is Zhou Enlai. I feel like Donald Trump’s Chinese history counterpart is like, King Zhou of Shang lol 020
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I hate ICE so much. I still tear up whenever I pass the Renee Goode memorial. No mercy for any of those fuckers 060
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026when ICE invaded my city earlier in the year I was legitimately coping by telling myself that if my grandparents could get through Japanese occupation, I could get through Operation Metro Surge 130
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026i feel like a bunch of people followed me for that Mao post, but actually the ratio of me making interesting posts about China-related things vs another repost of the latest ICE horror is like 1:20 150
Reposted by a birbOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026according to the article, it took hours after the personal intervention of the mayor for his family to even get basic information about him. that information included that he had been transferred to ICE custody hours after being shot. no amnesty 3035891147
Reposted by a birbMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.npr.orgFederal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, TexasThe person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference. 3732191282
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I’m not gonna say there aren’t a lot of transphobic but not committed about it people. There are, including I suspect the consultants. But the thing about those people is they aren’t that committed. If you don’t have the backbone to lead, you can pivot and get them to focus on something else 021
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026So you aren’t actually winning over committed transphobes, you’re tarnishing your candidate’s image as well as the image of Dems as a whole, for what? Some wishy-washy kinda transphobic but not enough for it to be decisive voters? 111
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026first, you aren’t going to out-transphobe the R. Any transphobe who really cares about anti-trans shit is going to vote R. Second, it just makes you look like a weak panderer, and the electorate does not respond well to that. Third, it generates controversy and bad vibes around your candidate 111
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026honestly, I feel like the consultants are smuggling in their own prejudices, because even from a purely electoral perspective the idea that democrats in competitive races should just adopt the transphobes’ line seems stupid 121
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026yeah, I can be sympathetic to the idea that Biden did do some things he doesn’t get enough credit for, but the defining legacy of his administration will be his failure to hold Trump & cronies accountable. Hopefully he’ll also be the last gasp of the pro-Israel democrats 190
Reposted by a birbAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026First eyewitness accounts from this afternoon’s ICE shooting in Austin is here, from freelance reporter Emiliano Tahui Gómez. 371598676
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I mean, I’m pretty sure if that Elrod guy hadn’t rage rt’d me only like 3 people would have read my take as per usual. Apparently the key to getting people to read what you write on here is to get a short tempered bigger account to attempt to dogpile you 1151
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026like why is it amateur hour out here, can’t you do the bare minimum (tbh some of the Ds doing the transphobic rhetoric are probably just transphobes, but for someone like Talarico who has a pro-trans voting record, it’s a bit ?????) 140
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026just reject the framing, pivot to big issues of general concern that you can hammer Rs on, and you don’t even have to actually elaborate a position on trans sports or whatever 2332
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I don’t know why more Dems can’t just copy El Sayed’s messaging on this. Just criticize the Republicans for trying to distract everyone from their fuck ups and how they are making life worse for everyone by making culture war about a tiny minority 3443
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026mental and emotional overhead* is real and prevents a lot of people from seeking care 0120
a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I mean, navigating insurance bullshit has to be at least half the reason Americans hate the US health care system. Not to discount the unaffordability, but the mental and emotional overhead 1210
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